The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
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land to his home II Michigan, IN front
Of the Chamber OF Commerce, Allwau-
| kee, on the lGth, and worked hlm Tor
S5-alI the money he had.
| FRANK HAMBERGER. z stone mason
aged p years, committed suicide by
hanging az La Crosse. He leaves s.
Wif6 and five children wholly destitute
OF the means Of support. He was st
work about the house 3 snort time
before committing the deed. He had
frequently expressed the view that
when a man got tired Of life, ne had
better take his life.
A NEW two,cent daily newspaper
called the Daily News, was issued from
the press OF Burnett & Son, Of Madi-
son, ON the 18th. Tnepsper, which is
edited by Clarence Burnett IS mauag-
ing editor, and I. w. JACOBS as city
editor, is owned entirely by the firm
OF Burnett & son. rheuew sheet is 20
be independent IN politics.
A TUBULAR we'll is being driven at
Ashland TO the depth OF 125 feet.
a LAMP exploded in the room Of ".
! II. Griffin and vie, at Ashland Mrs.
/ Griffin died from her injuries and Mr..
| Griffin Is in the hospital.
THE cornerstone oE the Vaughn Ii
! hrary Building, at Ashland, was laid
under the auspices OF the Masonic
order. Al address was delivered by
5. 5 Fifeld.
| The local committee gives notice
that the reunion OF the Fourteenth
| Regiment, announced TO take place at
| La Crosse September y to %, has
been postponed 81 date 20 be here
after determined. This has been rem
| dered necessary on account OF the ns-
tioual G. A. r. eucampments at the
same time.
/ THE sum of $4,000 was paid for q
site for the postOttiCe building TO be
/ erected at Ashland.
GEO. p. KNOWLES and Dana c.
Lamb held 3 meeting s. Sturgeon Bay
/ lately, during which they proposed to
undertake the building OF q railroad
| from that place to Green Bay If Door
! County would make up $4,000 IN
bon3s or money. The meeting voted
| TO aCcep- me proposition.
About 100000. 900 feet OF last win
! tsr's log cut above Eau Claire will not
/ be available Tor cutting without - rise
I in the water IN the rivers above that
city.
An alarming number OF cases o.
/ diphtberIs are reported IN North La
/ Crosse. Il Is not epidemic, however
LEOPOLD BTsCHNAU came to Nil
waukee from Chicago, registering at
/ the Clifton House on the evening OF
the 18Th. Next dag he was found
on the floor OF his room, dead.
/ He had hanged himself to the bedpost
/ by his suspenders, dying from strangu-
lation.
! A PECULIAR accident occurred near
! La Crosse TO d picnic party that start
( Ell TO drive several miles through the
woods. The party undertook to
/ cross q swamp place when the team
foundered and the qulCksand consist
eucy O; the earth let them down faster
| e. than was expected. Before assist
auce could be rendered the horses wert
/ IN the mire all over and soon sCtfO-
/ Gated.
I The Madison creditors OF the Men
/ do5a : Steamer Company will attempt
/ 20 arrange matters so that the steam
I er eau be put TO work.
/ ExTES- I'VE coal yards are to be To-
! C=tei at La Crosse by al Eastern
company, and the city viii be made
p distributing point for the North
/ west.
( JOHN CrRS, OF North La Crosse,
who was struck on the head by
/ bridge at Tunnel City whlle climbing s.
side ladder on q box car, Is insane
/ rom his hurts.
/ INFORMATION mas been received by
Jeus LienlOken, OF La Crosse, that
seven brothers and sisters and three
/ half brothers OF the late Daniel Dan
| islson OF that city, are still living IN
/ Norway and Sweden, and that the es-
/ tate OF the deceased, valued at SO
/ 600, will be equally divided between
them.
/ A CONVERSATION headed by Weyer-
h4user, Denkmsn and Rutiege, OF
Rock Island, and embracing Gable, OF
! Rock Island, Gardner, Bachelor and
/ Wells, OF Lyons, Ia, and local lum-
/ bermen, has purchased all the pine
/ land tributary 20 the Chippewa River
/ owned by the Knapp-StOUt Lumber
/ Company. This company has no
mills on the Chippewa River ana
! hence sells out to other manuiaCtur-
! ers. The tracts sold contain 15O,-
/ 900, feet; consideration $500, 900.
/ Henry W Sage, OF New York, has
sold to the Mississippi River Logging
| Company p tract Of pine on h'lam-
! beau River for S32, 900.
/ ALvINA BRAEDENBrRG, aged I com
/ mittef suicide at Milwaukee by Jump
| ing into the river. a disagreement
with her father was the cause OF the
/ act.
/ Ten persons were arrested at La
/ Crosse one evening recently, Tor bath
ing IN the river within the city limits.
/ A1G-yEAE OLD boy namsd frankie
/ HuUl iei our o. q boat al La
/ Crosse and was drowned.
/ AT La Crosse burglars ransacked
/ the residence OF 4. ?. knutesen dur
Iug the night OF the 1lth and secured
| $40. A small sum was secured from
| the residence Of Chris Scnarpt.
THE Sixth Ward school building, a.
/ Eau Claire, vas struck by lightning,
/ an damaged 10 the extent Of several
| hundred dollars. The woodwork OF
/ nearly every room was torn 70 pieces
and the cupola demolished
| BRADF0RD CUMMINGS, VINO Gisap-
| peared from Eau Claire very suddenly
/ and mysteriousiy about eight months
ago. has turned up in Southern Cali
! t0rnia, in good health.
IT 3 charged thai La Crosse sports
/ men visit the Minnesota side Of the
! Mississippi and shoot game IN viola
| ton Of the Minnesota game .aw.
THREE men were spilled rom a row
! boat ln rue middle o. the Mississippi,
| at La Crosse. but we're saved from
| drowning by a rope being thrown TO
/ them rom the ferry Warsaw.
/ The general government hss accept
/ ed Z. Z. Longs offer OF compromise
/ for timber cut from land near West
/ Superior. The amount 20 be paid Is
I S2,O67.T6. The timber was purchased
/ rom Edwin Johnson, Andrew Pant
ski John L. OlesOn and Heinrich